For the long time blog readers, you'll remember I set up a "sewing company" called Appleby Lane, which I made sewn items to sell online and at craft shows. You'll also remember I had to give it up as the arthritis in my hands was making it difficult.
The other week daughter was asking if I could make her some soup bowl cozies, as soup and chili season is upon us. I said yes no problem. She was then talking about how everyone at her work loves her lanyards I made her.
As I had a basket of leftover things from my Appleby Lane days, I asked her if she would consider taking the things to her work to see if anyone wanted anything. Plus I would make extra soup bowl cozies to sell and some lanyards.
Here are the soup bowl cozies I made. I did have to buy a metre of batting at a cost of $20 for these; the fabric is all that I had on hand. I am selling them for $20 a pair.
7 comments:
Oh, those all look terrific, Gil. I hope you sell all of them.
Cute fabrics!
Nice! I hope you get lots of sales. You're right though - we don't make things in order to make a living from them. I often see people online who are asking at least triple as much as I do for somewhat similar landscapes and wonder if they truly get what they're asking.
Oh, those soup bowl cozies look so wonderful! Just perfect for fall and winter! The lanyards are so pretty, too! I had to wear many a lanyard in my teaching/librarian days, and the ones made of thicker fabric like these were always the best! I hope you can sell them all.
Your using up your stash
Your enjoying the process
And you make a little pocket money
What’s not good about that
Like you I gave up knitting and crochet due to arthritis, now just do it to suit me and at my own pace. Hope you sell some items.
Hope you sell out ! Still use all the soup bowls and other things I bought from you back then.
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